Flanigan Lecture 2022
28th Annual Flanigan Lecture
America’s Nursing Crisis: What Should Be Done?
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Free Event
Kansas City University
1750 Independence Avenue, KCMO
Reception 6:00-7:00 PM CDT
Lecture 7:00-8:30 PM
Virtual Attendance Option
Lecture 7:00-8:30 PM
Once you register, if you miss the lecture,
we send you a link to view at your convenience.
Lecture Description
In the early months of the COVID pandemic, nurses were hailed as heroes. By 2021, they were scapegoated by citizens angry about the ongoing pandemic and misled by misinformation.
Now, indicators suggest that as many as one-third of nurses may quit by the end of the year. Other reports predict a severe nursing shortage, with potentially serious impacts on access and quality.
At this year’s Flanigan Lecture, nurse leaders will address the nursing crisis using ethics to understand what is going on and what might be a fitting response. Join us in-person for the reception and lecture or virtually for the lecture. Registration is free.
Ethics Questions to be Discussed
- Is “crisis” accurately descriptive of what nursing currently faces as a profession in the US?
- Was this preventable or inevitable given a pandemic crisis?
- How has the RaDonda Vaught case impacted nursing, or might it?
- Is there anything to be done about this crisis or do we just get used to a sub-optimal situation for healthcare, as have some developing nations with insufficient resources generally?
- What ought to be done as a matter of policy/protocol so as to improve the workplace for nursing and healthcare outcomes?
- What roles might be played by bioethicists and bioethics centers like CPB?
Lecture Speakers and Panelists
Keynote Speaker
Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FACHE, FAAN
President
Chamberlain University
(largest nursing school in the U.S.)
Panelist
Maria Fox, DNP, APRN-CNS, CCRN-K, HEC-C
Director
Advanced Practice Providers
University of Kansas Health System
Panelist
Eva Karp, DHA, MBA, RN-BC, FACHE
Senior Vice President
Chief Clinical and Patient Safety Officer
Oracle Cerner Corporation
Panelist
Angie Knackstedt, BSN, RN, NPD-BC
Program Manager, Health Literacy and Nursing Bioethics
Director of Certificate Program in Pediatric Bioethics
Office of Equity and Diversity and Pediatric Bioethics Center
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Panelist
Joy Roberts, JD, MSN, FNP-BC
Interim Dean/Clinical Associate Professor
Nursing and Health Studies
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Registration Required - Free Event
In-Person
Kansas City University
1750 Independence Avenue, KCMO
Reception 6:00-7:00 PM CDT
Lecture 7:00-8:30 PM
Virtual Attendance
Lecture 7:00-8:30 PM
Once you register, if you miss the lecture,
we send you a link to view at your convenience.
Past Events
Join us on Nov. 12, 2025 for the 31st Annual Flanigan Lecture, Reflections from an Imperfect Art: Jazz, Medical Ethics, and the Moral Practice of Medicine presented by the Center for Practical Bioethics. Dr. Patrick T. Smith, a leading voice in bioethics and theology, will explore how jazz—born from struggle and creativity—offers powerful metaphors for justice, equity, and the moral practice of medicine.
The Center for Practical Bioethics invites you to the Breakfast of Champions, our annual fundraiser. Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 7:30-9:30 am at the College Basketball Experience in Kansas City.
You’re invited by the Center for Practical Bioethics to AI and IPAs: A Young Professionals Networking and Learning Event on Thursday, August 28 from 4:30 – 6:30 pm at DoubleTap KC int River Market.
Monday, September 30, 2024
“Will AI Health Apps Make Us Healthier?” is the topic of the Center’s 30th Annual Rosemary Flanigan Lecture on September 30, 2024. The lecture, presented by Anita Ho, bioethicist, author, and clinical professor, will weigh the ethical pros and cons of AI in personal healthcare. Attend in-person in Kansas City or virtually on YouTube.
Please join us on Thursday, April 11, 2024 at The Abbott in KCMO. Keynote Speaker is Daniela Lamas, MD.
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Join us for a “fireside chat” and mingle with the expert leaders of services to help healthcare organizations integrate ethics into all facets of their organizations.
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Continental Breakfast 8:30-9:00 AM
Symposium 9:00 AM – Noon
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